Your adult children are no longer children, but that doesn’t mean you stop being a parent. So how do parents nurture their adult children while encouraging their independence? We get answers and advice with pastor, counselor, and author Ronald Greer. From issues of mutual respect to boundaries, we discover hope from the book with Ronald Greer. Here’s where this important conversation takes us:
So who is going through the bigger adjustment in this relationship? Pastor Ronald says the larger adjustment is for the child. There are such significant life transitions they’re undergoing in this period. Yet, the bigger challenge is often faced by the parent. They are facing the ending of a life chapter and the progression into a new one.
With so many young people living in their parents home as adults, how do parents approach their kids’ money management? Or should they?
Pastor Ronald believes that parents and grandparents shouldn’t be putting themselves in a vulnerable position with their young adult children. He says a good question for parents to ask themselves in a scenario where a son or daughter is asking for assistance is: how did they get into this situation?
We hear of four types of advice we offer our kids:
• Casual input
• Scenarios where we want to give input
• Times when we need to give input
• And imperative input
As parents, it is key that we respect the adulthood of our kids & their boundaries. But how do we apply that respect if they’re struggling with a serious issue like an addiction?
“If I sit back, I’m not turning their lives over to them. I’m turning it over to their addiction.”
To speak effectively into our child’s life in a dark time, we need to speak the truth with both love and respect.
